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RBA Glossary definition for solvency
solvency – The capacity of an entity to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Solvency may be expressed as maintaining positive net-tangible assets.
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The Macroeconomic and Financial Environment
10 Mar 2005
FSR
– March 2005
Concerns remain, however, about the health of some life insurers, and that regulatory changes, such as the new solvency requirements in Europe, may increase the existing pressure on them to raise
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/mar/mac-fin-env.html
Safety and Stability
25 Sep 2003
PSB Annual Report
– 2003
A disruption in these systems – such as a major operational problem, the default of a participant, or a liquidity or solvency crisis within the facility itself – could result in the disruption ... If a party cannot meet its obligations to a central
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2003/safety-stability.html
Development of the Financial System | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1996
31 Dec 1996
Annual Report
Protection of holders of claims of this type requires supervision of the institution issuing them, because the value of the claims depends on the solvency of the institution. ... The ISC sets and monitors standards for the solvency of life and general
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1996/development-fin-system.html
The Australian Financial System
10 Sep 2010
FSR
– September 2010
One of the main proposals is to replace the current solvency and capital requirements with a new single measure of capital.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2010/sep/aus-fin-sys.html
The Role of the Board
1 Oct 1999
PSB Annual Report
– 1999
Solvent parties would then receive little in return for their payments to the failed institution, putting them under liquidity pressures and threatening their own solvency.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/1999/role-board.html
Box A: Household Sector Risks in China
4 Oct 2019
FSR
– October 2019
This suggests that there would have to be relatively high rates of default, and loss-given-default, on loans to households to threaten banks' solvency.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2019/oct/box-a-household-sector-risks-in-china.html
Safety and Stability
21 Mar 2002
PSB Annual Report
– 2001
If a party cannot meet its obligations to a central counterparty, the central counterparty could face liquidity pressures and eventual losses; if such difficulties were to threaten the solvency of the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/psb/2001/safety-stability.html
Surveillance of the Financial System | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1992
30 Jun 1992
Annual Report
Most of the prudential standards applying to locally incorporated banks would apply equally to branches but the Bank would not have the power to supervise the solvency of branches; consistent with
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1992/sur-fin-system.html
Financial System Surveillance | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1991
30 Jun 1991
Annual Report
credit-worthiness, liquidity or market value of these assets, nor underwriting the solvency or liquidity of purchasers of such assets, or the securities which are ultimately created from such a transaction.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1991/fin-system.html
Annual Performance Statement for 2015/16
24 Oct 2016
RBA Annual Report
– 2016
The Bank's responsibility to promote financial stability does not, however, equate to a guarantee of solvency for financial institutions, nor is its balance sheet available to support insolvent institutions.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2016/annual-performance-statement.html